The township of Edison and a local private school are now embroiled in a lawsuit over the construction of new athletic fields on a Revolutionary War battle site, according to MyCentralJersey.com.

The Wardlaw-Hartridge School, which has 450 students in kindergarten through 12th grade, has started construction on a $1 million, six-acre project to build two new turf fields; that has angered neighbor Michael Lombardi, a local lawyer who filed suit claiming that the town did not properly consider the effect on a historic battlefield, the website reported.

“No consideration was given by the Edison Township officials as to the historical significance of the lands affected by the project,” Lombardi is quoted as saying. “To dig and disturb the soils of this hallowed ground without an appropriate investigation, servicing and protections is anathema and violates state and federal laws.”